Beside the Manor Selby

Beside The Manor Selby is a period drama starring cult film actor Conrad Brooks taking place in the Edwardian era inspired by the works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Daphne du Maurier, Thomas Paine and Shakespeare.

The story revolves around the inhabitants of the Manor Selby in and their ties with the "developing theatre of horrors," i.e. The Great War in Europe. John Patmos attempts to elicit the aid of Hezekiah Piker who is residing at Selby while the owners are in Europe. He wishes Piker to assist their mutual friend, Captain Vaushnic in his peace-keeping efforts in Verdun, France. Vaushnic's Austrian and Serbian ties afford him a unique position in the clandestine peace accords.

Will Piker consent, and if so what dangers await them in the battlefields of France? And what of The Gardener's inane pronouncements? Are they simply obstruse divinations or much more?
Starring Conrad Brooks; featuring George Stover Conrad (pictured at left as The Gardener) is most famous for his roles in films produced by Ed Wood, Jr. in the 1950s. Conrad has acted in over 100 films alongside such legends as Margaret O'Brien, Bela Lugosi and Vincent Price, appeared in recent releases such as Tim Burton's Ed Wood and Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula, and is an award-winning director in his own right. Conrad is a staple on the cult movie convention circuit and divides his time between Hollywood, CA and Falling Waters, WV.

George Stover (pictured at left as Mr. Wedgewicke) has appeared in all eleven of cult filmmaker's Don Dohler's science-fiction and horror movies including Alien Factor. He also has appeared in several films by director John Waters. George portrayed the prison chaplain who escorts Divine to the electric chair at the end of Female Trouble. He appeared as Bosley Gravel in Desperate Living.

Ellsworth Hall wrote, directed and scored this lavish production. Location shooting began on June 5th, 2007 in Lancaster County, PA and principle photography in Timonium, MD on June 26th. Subsequent location shooting includes Maine, Georgia, North Carolina and Montreal, Canada.